Rejoicing!!

Hello!!

We are rejoicing as we have seen so many pieces fall into place yesterday and today. God has been so good and we give Him all the glory for the way things have gone so quickly and smoothly throughout this whole complicated process!! Here's a list of the news :-)

1. We have a new home to live in - very close to Jason's work, great shopping, and neat parks. They agreed to put A/C in the bedrooms for no additional rent. (this had been one of our only hesitations :-) ) It has a lovely guest room so we reissue our invitation to come visit us!! :-)
2. We went to Houston yesterday to the Spanish consulate to apply for our visas. We did not have quite all our paperwork, but decided to go anyway and pray that it would not slow their approvals. They were very nice and did not seem at all concerned that we were missing 1 thing. They think the visas will be approved tomorrow!! It was kind of funny that we had to drive all the way to Houston only to stay at the consulate for about 15 minutes :-).
3. The paperwork we were lacking finally arrived today (Woo Hoo!!), so after getting it translated we will be able to take it back to Houston and collect our visas. We are hoping this can be done Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
4. Jason asked you all to pray about the issue of getting our stuff over there - our relocation coordinator had a very creative solution and we now will be able to air ship 2500 lb and ocean ship up to 12500 more. Yes, it seems crazy to us too :-). So now we plan to take our bed and 2 recliners :-). And we are breathing easy about avoiding those outrageously expensive overages!!
5. The movers are scheduled to come on Friday next week and we plan to fly out on Saturday for Madrid!!

It occurs to me that these posts may seem a bit redundant - all along we've been saying the movers will come next week so we could leave on the 16th. But that has just been our hope and plan - nothing has been nailed down to make it a reality that it could happen this way. And there have been many ups and downs to make that plan seem more or less likely. But now everything is really falling into place and the details are nailed down - this is really happening and on our timetable! We are learning so much about trusting God - mainly as we've seen how easily our emotions can sway us. But crazy emotions and upheaval in our lives doesn't change the fact that God is in control and can work anything out! We thank you for praying for us and supporting us along the way!

For we 3,
Becca